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    Latvia

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WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - UEFA

Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista | Attendance: 18000

* Local time based on your geographic location.

Switzerland

  • Alexander Frei 63' •
  • Blaise Nkufo 72' •

2 - 1

FT

Latvia

  • • Deniss Ivanovs 71'

Switzerland 2-1 Latvia: Swiss pride returns

ST GALLEN, Switzerland, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Switzerland bounced back from last month's humiliating defeat by Luxembourg with a 2-1 win over Latvia in World Cup Group Two qualifying on Saturday.

Ottmar Hitzfeld's team dominated the first half but had to

wait until the 63rd minute before taking the lead with a close

range strike from their all-time top scorer Alex Frei.

Latvia were reduced to 10 men after 69 minutes when

midfielder Juris Laizans picked up a second yellow card but

levelled two minutes later as Deniss Ivanovs headed in a free

kick.

Switzerland grabbed the winner in the 73rd with Blaise

N'kufo heading in a Frei free kick.

Scoring Summary

  • Switzerland
  • Latvia
Alexander Frei (63')
Blaise Nkufo (72')
(71') Deniss Ivanovs

Match Stats

  • Switzerland
  • Latvia
0(0) Shots (on goal) 0(0)
0 Fouls 0
0 Corner kicks 0
0 Offsides 0
0% Time of Possession 0%
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
0 Saves 0

Teams

  • Switzerland
  • Latvia
1 Diego Benaglio
2 Stephan Lichtsteiner
4 Stephane Grichting
5 Johan Djourou
17 Christoph Spycher
6 Benjamin Huggel
7 Tranquillo Barnetta
8 Gökhan Inler
11 Valon Behrami
9 Alexander Frei
10 Blaise Nkufo
Andris Vanins 12
Deniss Ivanovs 6
Deniss Kacanovs 7
Kaspars Gorkss 13
Igors Savcenkovs 17
Vitalijs Astafjevs 3
Juris Laizans 5
Andrey Perepletkin 14
Genadijs Solonicins 15
Aleksandrs Cauna 18
Girts Karlsons 11
Substitutes
12 Marco Wolfli
3 Ludovic Magnin
13 Mario Eggimann
15 Hakan Yakin
16 Gelson Fernandes
14 Alberto Regazzoni
18 Eren Derdiyok
Aleksandrs Kolinko 1
Igors Stepanovs 2
Dzintars Zirnis 4
Aleksejs Visnjakovs 8
Andrejs Rubins 10
Vladimirs Kolesnicenko 16
Andrejs Butriks 9
Substitutions
Mario Eggimann for Johan Djourou (46')
Hakan Yakin for Alexander Frei (78')
Gelson Fernandes for Tranquillo Barnetta (84')
Andrejs Rubins for Aleksandrs Cauna (60')
Vladimirs Kolesnicenko for Andrey Perepletkin (69')
Aleksejs Visnjakovs for Genadijs Solonicins (82')
Yellow Cards
Juris Laizans (50')
Vitalijs Astafjevs (77')
Red Cards
Juris Laizans (69')